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Pauline Carpenter & Anita Epple, Ditto International Ltd (2009).
This expertly written handbook is a must for all Infant Massage Teachers who wish to practise safely and professionally. The authors of The Definitive Guide have a great deal of experience and knowledge of teaching infant massage to parents and train health and social care professionals and complementary therapists to become Infant Massage Teachers internationally.
The Definitive Guide offers all Infant Massage Teachers guidance on marketing and how to teach appropriately. There are lots of practical tips and advice, so that classes are supportive and empowering, where parents can learn skills that will enhance their relationship with their baby in a protective, non-judgemental environment.
In addition, The Definitive Guide reviews the benefits of infant massage and positive touch, and highlights the contraindications, precautions and relevant anatomy and physiology relating to massage and the developing infant. Attention is also given to the emotional, psychological and physiological development for the infant, the emotional world of the parent and the importance of their developing relationship and much, much more.
Each topic is linked neatly to infant massage so that the reader can assimilate the information in the book comfortably. This gives every Infant Massage Teacher the opportunity to increase their understanding of the wonderful tool they have to offer and ensures parents feel respected, empowered and safe in the knowledge that the classes’ principal focus is them and their babies.
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